One-size diapers for families with multiple babies.

One-size diapers for families with multiple babies.

Any time there are multiple babies and/or toddlers in a home still in diapers, the budget has to expand to keep those kids' bums covered (pun intended *wink*). One thing you do not see in the disposable diaper market, but is a steadily growing style of cloth diaper is one-size cloth diapers. One-size cloth diapers are an economical approach to cloth diapering multiple children of varying ages and sizes. One walk down the disposable diaper aisle in any supermarket leaves you with the … [Read more...]

Be a part of the Real Diaper Giveaway!

Be a part of the Real Diaper Giveaway!

Real Diaper Association is sponsoring an ongoing Real Diaper Giveaway wherein nominations are accepted by RDA members for families that need help to start cloth diapering their babies. Interested? Read details about the Real Diaper Giveaway and choose your level of involvement. The bottom line is that as a 100% nonprofit organization, all money collected from advertising on the RDA website goes to give away diapers. Yes, you read that right - they GIVE AWAY cloth diapers. By doing this, … [Read more...]

Seattle proposal to tax disposables is a good step in reducing waste.

Seattle to tax disposable diapers.

In one of my posts back in March I asked the question, "Are you trading trash for your personal convenience?" I wrote: There are battles after battles for where to place the newest landfills. No one wants them in their backyard - who can blame them - but it doesn’t stop their usage of them. I take issue with that. If you are a mass contributor to the mess - then at least carry the responsibility. As a very convenience-oriented nation we have a tendency to think "Next time" I'll recycle … [Read more...]

Out with the old, in with the new.

Out with the old, in with the new.

Let's talk about the modernization of cloth diapers, shall we? We all know that cloth diapers have been around for quite some time - ask your grandmother, she'll know, but to say that today's diapers have not advanced would be a falsehood. Yes, you can get the same ol' single-layer, flat squares. And if you're really hankering for it, you can even secure them with metal diaper pins and use waterproof plastic pull-on pants to keep the moisture in. BUT? You don't have to. Nope ... diapers … [Read more...]

Disposable diapers are for SINGLE USE only.

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

By definition, disposable diapers are single use items. The debate rages on and on whether or not disposable diapers are more environmentally sound than cloth diapers, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. Let's look at a few dictionary definitions of the word disposable, courtest of Dictionary.com: Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 1 diˈsposable (adjective) - intended to be thrown away or destroyed after use American Heritage Dictionary dis·pos·a·ble … [Read more...]